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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 27, 2014Jackson County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2014, 8:29 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wharton County, Texas. It took effect at May 27, 2014, 10:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2014, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
In effect from
May 27, 2014, 10:48 PM CDT
Expired
May 29, 2014, 7:36 AM CDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Jackson County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point West Mustang Creek near Ganado (GNDT2).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08164503, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 27, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 5:49 AM CDT, 14 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
549 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-281100-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
549 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LONG LINE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION
EARLY THIS MORNING...PUTTING DOWN AN INCH TO TWO INCHES ON ITS
SOUTHEASTERN TREK TO THE COAST. ALBEIT HARD TO TIME...RAIN IS
FORECAST TO RE-DEVELOP DURING THE DAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR INCHES
LIKELY...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES
WHERE LARGER THUNDERSTORM CELLS SLOW OR TRAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

DISTURBANCES MOVING AROUND A NEAR STATIONARY NORTHERN TEXAS UPPER
LOW WILL INDUCE PERIODS OF REGIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY. DAILY...OR 24 HOUR...RAINFALL TOTALS
WILL TYPICALLY RANGE FROM SLIGHTLY UNDER AN INCH TO NEAR TWO
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TWO TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS. OTHER THAN THE
FLOODING THREAT...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF GREATER THAN 50
MPH IN GUST AND/OR AN ISOLATED WEAK TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT
WITHIN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM CELLS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS NEED TO BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER
OCCURRENCES THROUGH THE WEEK.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-281100-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
549 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS THAT HAVE PROMPTED CAUTION FLAGS WILL
OCCUR AHEAD OF A LINE OF CONVECTION TIMED TO REACH THE COAST
SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS
COULD AFFECT THE LOCAL BAY AND NEARSHORE GULF WATERS THROUGH
TONIGHT. HIGHLY VARIABLE WINDS AND SEAS WILL QUICKLY STRENGTHEN
AND LIFT...RESPECTIVELY...IN THE VICINITY OF ANY MARITIME THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PERIODS OF MARITIME MODERATE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
THE LOCAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. MARINERS NEED TO BE
ALERT TO ANY VICINITY STORM AS WINDS AND SEAS WILL QUICKLY STRENGTHEN
AND BECOME ROUGH...RESPECTIVELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
MARITIME INTERESTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE FORECAST...OR FREQUENTLY
MONITOR RADAR...TO ENSURE WATER SAFETY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 5:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXPolk, Trinity116 min
May 28, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington65 min
May 28, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris93 min
May 28, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery40 min
May 28, 2:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGalveston, Harris, Montgomery, Waller2 hr
May 28, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers83 min
May 28, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX58 min
May 28, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Montgomery58 min
May 28, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller3 hr
May 28, 4:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris32 hr
May 28, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
May 28, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda61 min
May 28, 4:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty115 min
May 28, 5:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris35 hr
May 28, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda46 min
May 28, 6:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris3 hr
May 28, 6:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery20 hr
May 28, 6:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria49 min
May 28, 6:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX55 min
May 28, 7:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris114 min
May 28, 7:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery72 hr
May 28, 7:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton117 min
May 28, 7:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX40 min
May 28, 9:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris4 days
May 28, 9:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton3 hr
May 28, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazoria6 days
May 28, 10:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX63 min
May 28, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria22 min
May 28, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston38 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.